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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Wilsons allow whom to work the land?
(a) Stephen Shockley.
(b) Traveling monks.
(c) Gypsies.
(d) Soldiers.

2. Who arbitrates the dispute between Parliament and King Henry?
(a) The Prince of Wales.
(b) The Duke of Bristol.
(c) The King of France.
(d) The Pope.

3. Whom does Alicia marry?
(a) Forest Wilson.
(b) Adam Mason.
(c) Peter Shockley.
(d) John Godfroi.

4. What industry allows Sarum to prosper after the plague passes?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Cloth manufacturing.
(c) Iron works.
(d) Banking.

5. What ultimately happens to Godric as a result of his poaching?
(a) He inherits the royal forest.
(b) He meets his future wife.
(c) He is hanged.
(d) He is drafted into the king's army.

6. Where is Caius Porteus sent after he protests the policy of destroying villages?
(a) Sorviodunum.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) The salt mines.

7. Who arrives to fight Petrus and the German mercenaries?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Vandals.
(c) The Spaniards.
(d) The Saxons.

8. Where were Krona's sons killed?
(a) At sea.
(b) At Stonehenge.
(c) In Scotland.
(d) In Ireland.

9. Where does Tep lead Hwll and his family?
(a) London.
(b) Stonehenge.
(c) Sarum.
(d) Into the bear cave.

10. What is the name of the Judean slave with whom Porteus has an affair?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Akun.

11. Where does Nicholas go after leaving the sheep house?
(a) The city.
(b) Bristol.
(c) The nunnery.
(d) Stonehenge.

12. Who is appointed governor of Britannia?
(a) Tosutigus.
(b) Krona.
(c) Caius Porteus.
(d) Aulus Plautius.

13. Where do Ulla and her children live after Tep's death?
(a) In the bear cave.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) London.
(d) Hwll's camp.

14. The residents of Sarum fear an invasion by whom?
(a) The barbarians.
(b) The Picts.
(c) The Comanches.
(d) The Romans.

15. In what year does "The Death" open?
(a) 1215.
(b) 1640.
(c) 1348.
(d) 1720.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before the birth of Christ, or the Common Era (C.E.), does the novel open?

2. In what year does "The Two Rivers" open?

3. In what year are rising wages regulated?

4. Rats with fleas bring what to England?

5. Where does Godefroi want his wife and children taken?

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